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Overview

  • 18 references 8 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in Basque, English, Spanish; learning French
  • 47, Female
  • Member since 2011
  • No occupation listed
  • Everyday I get a different lesson.
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Enjoy life, use time wisely and learn how to live gradually without so many things

ABOUT ME

I´m an enthusistic and sensitive person. I love meeting open minded people, knowing different cultures and languages, going to the mountain... and couchsurfing allows me all these things and much more.

I am a divorced mum of a child of 15 years all. He is the person I love most in this world.

PHILOSOPHY

Enjoy life and smile!
Treat others the way you want to be treated.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I would like to participate more in the week meeting but sometimes it isn´t so easy because I have a son to look after. I participate front time to time. I talk about CS to my friends because I think it´s a beautiful way to meet people allover the world and open our mind.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I really like the philosophy of couchsurfing: to know people from different places and learn their customs at the same time they know our country and way of living.

Interests

I love trekking, travelling, reading, tell tales to my son, riding my bicycle, swimming, meeting new people, trying food from different countries, art and crafts, listening to music, going to concerts, animals (love insects:))nature in general, children toys, storytellers, puppets, magician shows, any cultural activity in general: contemporary dance (Dantzaz and Kukai Basque dance companies)...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cju1AclgiWI

I really like children tales books' illustration. We go to libraries or buy them in second hand markets. (Love them ).

  • animals
  • arts
  • books
  • illustrations
  • concerts
  • dancing
  • dining
  • crafts
  • flying
  • reading
  • traveling
  • socializing
  • painting
  • music
  • swimming
  • languages
  • language exchange
  • mountain hiking

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC: Folk, world music, blues, pop, classical, rock..
Amaren alabak, Oreka tx, Salif Keita (Moussolou), Noa, Luisa Sobral, Loreena Mckennit, Madredeus, Victor Jara, Cesaria Evora, Ismael Ló (Jammu Africa), Amália Rodrigues, Dulce Pontes, Luarna Lubre, Simon & Garfunkel, Silvio Rodriguez, Ismael Serrano, Chambao, Marianne Faithfull, Secret garden, ZAZ, Calle 13, Ara Malikian, Carlos Nuñez ...

Sound tracks: Once upon a time in the west, Moon River, The Wizard of Oz, Amelie, Les Choristes, The Piano, Cinema Paradiso, Doctor Zhivago, Out of Africa..
Ennio Morricone, John Williams, Henry Mancini...

MOVIES: Shorts, documentary, travel and social films, children films...Tim Burton movies!
Patch Adams! Amelie, The miracle of Anne Sullivan, Casablanca, Vacaciones en Roma, El curioso caso de Benjamin Button, La teoría del todo, Medianoche en París, Annie Hall, Big fish, Tomates verdes fritos, El laberinto del fauno, American History, Memorias de África, Lucía y el sexo, American Beauty, Up, Into the Wild, El indomable Will Hunting, Siempre Alice, La luna de Avellaneda, La Meglio gioventù, La lista de Schindler, El ilusionista, El secreto de sus ojos, La sal de la tierra, La chica danesa, Amama...

BOOKS: Travel books, biographies, books about nature, meditation, yoga, alternative teaching, psichology, painting, ...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

To give birth to my son!
To see the dawn from the top of a volcano.
To help to give birth to a calf and help him to live.

Teach, Learn, Share

TEACH: Basque language and traditions, information about children tales... Ask me and I´ll tell you.
LEARN: learn to dance Irish dances, flying in a balloon, artherapy, painting...
I want to learn as much as possible about our world and people.
SHARE: My time, patience, love, my experiences, my world...

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, France, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Montenegro, Netherlands, Portugal

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United Kingdom

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